Asthma lecture ppt and related multiple choice question for NHPC, Nursing, Nclex and PSC 2024
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Introduction of asthma
Asthma is a Chronic inflammatory condition of airway Characterized by
- 1. airway limitation: reversible
- 2. airway hyperresponsiveness
- 3. inflammation of bronchi T cell mediated, eosinophilic, hypertrophy, mucus plugging
Classification of asthma
Extrinsic asthma
- Atopy (allergy)
- Positive skin prick test
- Childhood asthma a/w eczema
Intrinsic asthma
- Middle age
- No cause
- May show positive skin prick test
- External stimuli sensitization like toulene, NSAIDs, beta blockers etc
- Etiology and precipitating factors
Clinical features of asthma
- Typical recurrent episodes with normal life in between
- Wheezing
- SOB
- Chest tightness
- Cough
- Classical diurnal pattern with symptoms worse in morning and night
- Cough and wheeze disturb sleep – nocturnal asthma
Diagnosis of asthma
- Mostly clinical diagnosis
- Symptoms improvement following bronchodilator and corticosteroid
- Diurnal variation on 3 days a week for 2 weeks on PEF diary
- PEF decrease after 6 min of exercise
- Investigations
- PFT
- Exercise test
- Histamine or methacholine bronchial provocation test
- Corticosteroids trial
- Exhaled NO test
- Blood and sputum workup
- CXR
- Skin prick test for allergen
Management of asthma- treatment of asthma
Symptoms control for asthma
- Restore normal lifestyle
- Reduce risk of recurrent and severe attacks
- Enable normal growth and nutrition
- Family education and counselling
- Avoid under or overtreatment
Extrinsic factor control for asthma
- Pet
- Dust
- Smoke
- Medicine like NSAID, antibiotics
- Allergens
- Pollens
- Pharmacological treatment
- Step down therapy
- Once control established, dose of corticosteroid titrated to the lowest dose
- Decreasing dose of ICS around 25-50% every 3 months, a reasonable strategy for many
AE of asthma
- Aka acute severe asthma
- Treatment done at ER or on the way
- Bronchodilators, nebulization, high dose steroids etc.
- May even lead to death if not treated on time
- Pack year calculation
Flapping tremor
- Please refer to the slides
Fine tremor
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Drugs used for asthma
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Modified MRC scale of SOB
- Please refe to the slides below
COPD types
Two classical phenotypes
- Pink puffers:
- Thin, breathless and maintain a normal PaCO2 until the late stage of disease Emphysema, Compensated by hyperventilation, so ABG is normal
- Blue bloaters:
- Hypercapnia> Early stage, Chronic bronchitis, Due to obstruction Co2 retention, may develop oedema and secondary polycythaemia
Barrel chest
Please refer to the slides
Multiple Choice Questions related to respiratory system
- What is asthma attack?
- When the lungs is filled with water
- When airways tighten and the lungs don’t get enough air
- When the heart beats too fast
- When the heart and lungs are working too hard
Ans: b (When airways tighten and the lungs don’t get enough air)
- Which of the following is not the characteristic of asthma?
- Increase in IgG immunoglobulins
- Airway hyperresponsiveness
- Infiltration of eosinophils into the airways
- Increased mucus production
- Increase in IgG immunoglobulins
- Airway hyperresponsiveness
- Infiltration of eosinophils into the airways
- Increased mucus production
Ans: a (Increase in IgG immunoglobulins)
- The immediate response of asthma involves:
- • Mast cell degranulation
- • Binding of antigen to IgE on macrophages
- • Release of cytokines
- • Activation of cholinergic nerves
- Chronic asthma is associated with:
- • Activation of T lymphocytes
- • Reduced function of goblet cells
- • Activation of eosinophils
- • Decreased permeability of submucosal capillaries
- Which test is NOT used during diagnosis of asthma?
- • Diffusing capacity
- • Peak expiratory flow rate
- • Bronchodilator challenge test
- • Skin prick test
- A diagnosis of severe asthma should be made after about how many months of uncontrolled asthma?
- • 1 month
- • 3-6 months
- • 6-9 months
- • More than 9 months
- When a patient is diagnoses with severe asthma, which of the following is recommended?
- • Referral to specialist
- • Increased dosage of patient’s current medication
- • Education about risk factors and triggers such as smoking
- • Treatment of comorbidities and triggers such as smoking
- Which drug is most commonly prescribed preventer therapy in asthma?
- • Beta2 adrenoreceptor agonists
- • Xanthine such as theophylline
- • Muscarinic receptor antagonists
- • Inhaled steroids
- Once a patient is diagnosed with asthma and referred to specialist, what does GINA recommend next step?
- • Referral to mental health professional
- • Increased dosage of patient’s current medication
- • Assessment of patient’s inflammatory phenotype
- • Hospitalization for intense observation
Ans: c (Assessment of patient’s inflammatory phenotype)
- Acute management of asthma include all of the following, EXCEPT:
- A high concentration of oxygen to achieve oxygen saturation of >90%
- Short acting beta-2- agonists
- A slow infusion of aminophylline with monitoring blood values
- A rapid infusion of dopamine
Ans: d (A rapid infusion of dopamine)
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